Persia House of Kabob — Restaurant in Florida

I have come to Chicago for almost one year now, but I still have not found any place in Chicago that served the Persian cuisines as tasty as this restaurant has done. The food quality was not stable, though. Sometimes the basmati rice was yummy and moist, the ground beef and steak kabob were succulent and tender, but sometimes they were not.

My most favorite order was their Famous Hummus with hot and crispy pita bread for the appetizer. Then, for the main entree, a dollar extra for the Tabouleh salad instead of the side house salad, Soltani Kabob with Basmati rice, grilled tomato, two skewers of well-done Barg kabob and Koobideh kabob, seasoned, flame broiled, and grilled onion on the side. My girlfriend loved the Lamb Shank with some fresh squeeze lime juice so much! Delicious! A cup of hot black Persian tea with Persian sugar cubes to wash down all of the protein was divine and unbeatable.

The restaurant used to have a buffet every Saturday night with lots of option, but they called it off. They usually had only one staff working for both grocery and restaurant section so that the service might be slow during peak time. It did not matter to me so much as long as the food was tasty. No one has complaint ever for a 45 minute waiting for just one Lou Malnati's famous deep dish pizza in Chicago. The owner, who came from Shiraz, and the staff were friendly and helpful, though. I have learned quite a lot about...

Visited Persia House of Kebabs on 9/30/14 around lunch time. Despite the food being decent, the price is a bit expensive for the amount and quality of food you get.

My wife and I left feeling neutral about the place and thought about possibly coming back one day for the buffet, until we went outside and saw the daily specials and Monday/Tuesday specials. I had the beef with rice which was the special for the day, but the manager didn't even notify me of the selected specials for the day and just let me order off the menu. That caused my wife and I to pay an extra $2 dollars each person. That was unprofessional of the manager to let customers order the daily special and get charged full price.

We do not plan on returning to Persia House of Kebabs nor would we recommend this place to our friends. I saw a couple come in during lunch time, preview the menu, and then got up to leave moments later.

Do yourself a favor and...

I can't imagine how any one would give this place less than 4 stars.

The Lamb Shank w/ Basmatti and Dill Rice is phenomenal. The Chicken & Sirloin Kabobs are likewise fantastic.

Patrons that are leaving bad reviews either have an axe to grind or they have a mud hole for a palette.

I've been multiple times and get great service with great tasting good. The portions are more than adequate.

As to the review that claimed that they only serve the good cuts of meat to "their own kind", that's about as rude and bigoted a comment as could be made about a business. From my experiences the staff is warm, welcoming and friendly.

I will return.

Just a side note, if you order the sirloin just make sure to specify how you'd like it cooked, just as you might do...